The Elizabethan royalists have been panicked by the prospect that the SNP leadership could be won by Roseanna Cunningham - a staunch Scottish republican. The royalists' concern is that if the SNP moves to the republican left, Scottish independence could soon become a reality, rather than "a fantasy to keep the Jocks happy but still within the UK". Her Majesty wouldn't like real Scottish independence, oh no.

Connery is a fine actor and Salmond is an able politician - but they are working for Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, NOT FOR SCOTLAND.
Rich-man Connery from his Bahamas-tax-haven is the biggest single donor to the SNP. What does Sir Sean expect for his money - around £50,000 a year?
For this bribe, the SNP members are being asked to betray Scotland for Queen Elizabeth.

In the film Braveheart, William Wallace is offered a bribe too. Gibson as Wallace says -

“A Lordship and titles, gold, that I should become Judas … Slaves are made are in such ways!”

Connery didn’t need Queen Elizabeth’s Knighthood, and the SNP doesn’t need Connery’s money. Scotland, certainly, doesn’t need a political party that can be bought off.

So my advice to SNP members remains the same -
Vote Roseanna Cunningham for SNP leader
Vote Christine Grahame for SNP deputy leader